Rory McIlroy made an 8 on his fifth hole Friday at TPC Toronto, free-falling down the RBC Canadian Open leaderboard on his way to a missed cut.

McIlroy followed that quadruple-bogey debacle with four bogeys and a double in shooting 8-over 78. He finished at 9 over par, with only four players posting worse scores through 36 holes in Ontario.

Cameron Champ (66) leads the way at 12 under with Andrew Putnam (62) two back. A pair of Canadians are in a group at 9 under. That includes Nick Taylor (65), whose playoff victory in 2023 is memorialized in the tournament logo, and Richard Lee (64).

This was McIlroy’s final start before next week’s U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club, where McIlroy got in a practice round Monday before heading to Canada — for a short stay.

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